Oscar Niemeyer Quotes
I was attracted by the curve - the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.
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Look at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. They have all entered many sectors, and actually, in many of those sectors, they weren't as early as Tencent.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.
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I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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At any given moment, it's not about where we are supposed to be. It's about what work, which relationship, what decision I take. Every moment counts. Every decision counts. And if we look at our decisions in life as such, we stop battling and start winning.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.
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'Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it.
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When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous.
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I would put myself towards left of center.
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We sometimes freeze the specimen with liquid nitrogen, which is extremely cold, you know. This is another technique we use now - but the specimens are not alive.
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Nothing is better than the moment you have Michael Bolton dressed as Forrest Gump and you see it in action.
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Network technology has irrevocably changed campaigning and elections. It has the potential to transform governance and the workings of our democracy for the better.
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It cannot be so very surprising that I adopted a Communist viewpoint in the 1930s; so many of my contemporaries made the same choice. But many of those who made that choice in those days changed sides when some of the worst features of Stalinism became apparent. I stayed the course.
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Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.
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I was attracted by the curve - the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.
